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Reacting to the news, Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton said in New York that Sorrentino's was the first case of an individual being excommunicated "simply because he or she works for Planned Parenthood." While Sorrentino's nine-year stewardship of the state group continues, she insists her religious faith remains unshaken. On "human-rights issues," she told a news conference, "many of us as Catholics consider ourselves in conflict" with the church...
...believe the court rulings were so sweeping that there will be little that can be done at the state level," said Planned Parenthood's Wattleton. But last week's decisions are unlikely to cool the abortion battle. "Every time a decision comes down, we pick up more activists," says David O'Steen of the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life. Pro-lifers hope that the composition of the high court could change in their favor if Reagan seeks and wins a second term; five of the pro-choice majority are over 73 years old. More immediately, the movement...
...This is a great victory, a major victory," declared Jane Gruenebaum of the National Abortion Federation. Much to the relief of the "prochoice" forces, the decision shifts the battleground over abortion away from various state legislatures where "prolife" activists had carried their crusade. Planned Parenthood's president Faye Wattleton declared, "The decisions effectively remove the threat that has hung over the continuation of abortion services...
...response, Faye Wattleton, president of Planned Parenthood, notes that 25% of teen-agers surveyed in 1980 said they would stop asking for contraceptives if their parents were informed. Only 2% said they would give up sex. The result, argues Wattleton, will be more teen-age abortions (now an estimated 203,000 annually) and more children born to unmarried teen-agers (131,000 currently). Last April, 32 members of Congress agreed; they contended in a letter that the regulation "would result in a drastic increase in the number of teen-age pregnancies." One signer was Massachusetts Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler. After...
...privacy. Said the court: "The decision whether to bear a child or to have an abortion is so private and so intimate that each woman in this state-rich or poor-is guaranteed the constitutional right to make that decision as an individual." Said Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton: "This continues California's role as a national leader in this area...